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  • Red Lake Elementary School celebrates Halloween on Friday - P37

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Dec 27, 2021

    The Red Lake Elementary School students celebrated Halloween on Friday, October 29, 2021 with an outdoor parade and treats for all the kids....

  • The Christmas Season in Indian Country

    Dec 27, 2021

    The introduction of Christianity to the original peoples of the Americas can be controversial in Native circles. Europeans brought Christianity to this half of the world and imposed it on Native communities, knowingly replacing existing spiritual beliefs with the beliefs taught in the Bible. Cruelty and brutality often accompanied the indoctrination of Native peoples. Yet it is also true that some tribes, families, and individuals accepted the Bible and Jesus’ teachings voluntarily. Music played an important part in converting Native people, e...

  • DC to require vaccinations for clubs, bars and all students

    Dec 27, 2021

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia government is imposing a series of COVID-19 vaccine mandates as it intensifies virus protocols in response to spiraling infection numbers and the march of the omicron variant. Starting in mid-January, residents over age 12 will have to show proof of vaccination to enter any restaurant, bar, nightclub or gym. All D.C. students - whether in public, private or charter schools - must be fully vaccinated by March 1. That means two shots for the Pfizer and...

  • With pediatric COVID cases surging, millions of children remain unvaccinated

    Dec 27, 2021

    With millions of Americans set to travel and gather for Christmas and the New Year, families across the country are scrambling to try to ensure they are adequately protected against the coronavirus. Experts suggest a confluence of factors is likely driving the country's case rate up amid the surge of the omicron variant, most notably the millions of Americans who remain unvaccinated. Many of those who have yet to get the shot are children, despite the fact that in the U.S. anyone over the age of 5 is eligible for the vaccine. Pfizer shots were...

  • 'Their Whole Sky Has Fallen': 1 in 450 Youth Have Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID

    Dec 27, 2021

    Melanie Keaton, 9, used to spend hours playing with her grandfather. Having tea time together from her miniature toy set. Taking trips to the zoo. Zig-zagging their characters across the board of Candy Land. When he fell ill from the coronavirus in April 2020 and went to the hospital during New York City's deadly first wave, the young girl, then just 7, turned to her mother. "He'll be OK, right?" she asked. https://www.the74million.org/article/their-whole-sky-has-fallen-1-in-...